SATA WEST COAST
ANNUAL LIVER TRANSPLANT ANESTHESIA
MEETING 2024
SATURDAY, DEC 14TH, 2024, 9:00 – 15:00 (PST)
Course Syllabus
Course overview:
This SATA regional meeting is a hybrid (in-person and virtual) meeting that has been designed to provide
a broad spectrum of clinicians a review of the latest updates on a variety of intra-operative and critical
care management topics in liver transplant anesthesia.
Learning objectives:
1. To review the useful ultrasound techniques (POCUS/TTE) for liver transplantation.
2. To review the normothermic regional perfusion in liver transplantation.
3. To review the anesthesia management for complex transplantations.
4. To understand the practice management strategy for liver transplant in major academic centers.
5. To share and understand how to create and manage liver transplant rotation for anesthesia resident
6. To review the various research in liver transplantation.
Target audience:
Specialists working in organ transplantation (e.g., transplant anesthesiologists, intensivists, transplant
surgeons, other transplant medicine specialists, and CRNAs) and trainees (e.g., residents, fellows;
medical students, nursing students).
Registration: https://sata2022.wufoo.com/forms/m1iwlb71mvqhqa/
Registration Fee:
US $35 (* Free registration for trainees, medical students, or nursing specialists).
Meeting format: Hybrid (In-person and virtual)
(* You will receive the meeting access to virtual format after registration).
Meeting venue:
Room CS-0101,
UCSF Clinical Science Building
521 Parnassus Ave,
San Francisco, CA 94143
Organizing institutions and program committee members:
Kyota Fukazawa – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Christine Nguyen-Buckley – University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Alexandra Ruan – Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Nicholas Mendez – University of California, San Francisco, CA
Timetable:
09:00 – 09:10
(10 min)
Welcome & Introduction
Kyota Fukazawa – University of Washington
CT 09:10 -09:50
(40 min)
Session 1: POCUS/TEE Technique in Liver Transplantation
Moderator: Ruan Alexandra – Stanford University
09:10 – 09:40
(30 min)
POCUS/TEE Technique in Liver Transplantation
Marianne Chen – Stanford University
09:40 – 09:50
(10 min)
Discussion & Questions
09:50 – 10:30
(40 min)
Session 2: Preservation Techniques in Liver Transplantation
Moderator: Nicholas Mendez – University of California San Francisco
09:50 – 10:20
(30 min)
Update on Advanced Liver Preservation Techniques
Garrett Roll – University of California San Francisco
10:20 – 10:30
(10 min)
Discussion & Questions
10:30 – 10:40
(10 min)
Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:30
(70 min)
Session 3: Anesthesia Management for Complex Transplantation
Christine Nguyen-Buckley – University of California Los Angeles
10:40 – 11:00
(20 min)
Combined Heart – Liver Transplantation
Colby Tanner-University of California Los Angeles
11:00 – 11:20
(20 min)
Multi-organ Transplantations
Michael Chen – Stanford University
11:20 – 11:30
(10 min)
Discussion & Questions
11:30 – 12:00
(30 min)
Lunch Break
12:00 – 13:40
(40 min)
Session 4: Expert Panel Discussion
Moderator: Kate Kronish – University of California San Francisco
12:00 – 13:00
(60 min)
PART 1: Practice Management in Liver Transplant Anesthesia
Moderator: Chris Wray – University of California Los Angeles
● Chris Wray – University of California Los Angeles
● Jennifer Cutler – Cedars-Sinai
● Ashraf Sedra – University of Southern California
● Alexandra Ruan- Stanford University
● Kate Kronish – University of California San Francisco
● Joshua Cohen – California Pacific Medical Center
● Malik Sunny – US Anesthesia Partners
13:00 – 13:40
(40 min)
PART 2: Liver Transplant Rotation for Anesthesia Resident
Moderator: Marianne Chen – Stanford University
● Christina Ma – University of California Los Angeles
● Coby Tanner – University of California Los Angeles
● Steve Vanhoy – University of Washington
● Marianne Chen – Stanford University
● Cara Crouch – University of Colorado
13:40 – 13:50
(10 min)
Discussion & Questions
13:50 – 14:05
(15 min)
Coffee Break
14:05 – 14:50
(45 min)
Session 5: Frontiers in Transplant Research
Moderator: Dieter Adelmann – University of California San Francisco
14:05 – 14:20
(15 min)
PART 1: Updates for SATA Transplant Database Project
Dieter Adelmann – University of California San Francisco
14:20 – 14:50
(30 min)
PART 2: Research Abstract Presentations
1. Esophageal warming reduces intraoperative hypothermia during liver
transplantation: a single-center post-hoc analysis of the MHALT clinical trial
Anthony Phero – University of California San Francisco
2. Navigating Anesthetic Complexities: Liver Transplantation in Budd-Chiari
Syndrome
Asad H Bashir – University of Florida
14:50 – 15:00
(10 min)
Closing Remarks/President’s Address
Gebhard Wagener – SATA President
Sponsors
Thank you for supporting the 2024 SATA West Coast Annual Liver transplant Anesthesia Meeting:
